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2M/mo Scale & 40% AWS Cost Reduction

How a serverless data platform and LLM validation pipeline unlocked higher throughput, better data quality, and lower cloud spend.

Role: Lead Software Developer / Solutions Architect
Open to: FTE or Contract
US Remote • Immediate Start

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Problem

Manual QA, rising AWS spend, and throughput constraints slowed lead flow.

Approach

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Tech Stack

AWS: Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, SQS/SNS, DynamoDB, Aurora/RDS, S3, CloudWatch
Data/ML: Postgres, ETL/ELT, QuickSight, PyTorch, scikit-learn
Dev: Node.js/TypeScript, Python (FastAPI and for ML model creation / training), Docker, CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
AI/LLM: OpenAI/ChatGPT, guardrails, function calling, schema validation

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